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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lafayette County is a county in the western portion of Missouri, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,381. Its county seat is Lexington. The county was organized November 16, 1820 from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in the first state constitutional convention and first state legislature. It was renamed Lafayette County on February 16, 1825, in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, who was then visiting the United States.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1821 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1821 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1821 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 2,912
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| 1840 | 6,815
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| 1850 | 13,690
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| 1860 | 20,098
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| 1870 | 22,623
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| 1880 | 25,710
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| 1890 | 30,184
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| 1900 | 31,679
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| 1910 | 30,154
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| 1920 | 30,006
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| 1930 | 29,259
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| 1940 | 27,856
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| 1950 | 25,272
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| 1960 | 25,274
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| 1970 | 26,626
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| 1980 | 29,925
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| 1990 | 31,107
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~molafaye/
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